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DEVOTIONAL STUDY 
“The Elements of Friendship” 


MISSIONARY TOPIC 
“Movements toward World Friendship” 


SOCIAL SERVICE TOPIC 
“From World War to World Brotherhood” 


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WOMAN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL 
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH 
810 BROADWAY, NASHVILLE, TENN. 


FOREWORD 


THE central theme for the studies, both in 
the Bible and the missionary topics, is “Friend- 
ship,” and it is selected with the view of em- 
phasizing the responsibility resting upon the 
Church in this period of world reconstruction 
to cement the new relationships of the world 
in Christian fellowship. 

The outlines given are by no means intended 
to be followed in the order arranged. These 
details should be carefully worked out by the 
program committee, who should seek to give 
as much variety to the meetings as possible. 
Each program should be carefully gone over 
in every detail, fitting in each item where it 
is deemed best. It is customary to have 
the devotional study first, but on some occa- 
sions it might be more impressive and might 
give variety to have it as the closing thought. 

In the daily papers, in magazines, and in 
other current literature a large volume of 
material bearing on the subject of study may 
be found, and it will be of inestimable value 
if use is made of it. It would be well to have 
an information committee to select for each 
meeting current events relating to the study. 

Use outside speakers occasionally. There 
are two programs (August and November) 
in which the pastor might be used with great 
profit. Give the auxiliary the benefit of the 
very best speakers available, but do not de- 
pend on outside talent altogether. Use every 
member of the auxiliary at some time during 
the year. In the auxiliary there will be found 
some members who have talent for drawing, 
and they should be used in making charts and 
posters to bring vividly before the society the 


topic of study. 
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Wherever practicable the auxiliary should 
have more than one meeting a month. One 
meeting when the entire time is devoted to 
business and another for the study of the 
topics outlined, with special meetings for mis- 
sion study and Bible study, is the ideal plan. 
However, many auxiliaries combine the busi- 
ness and literary programs. The order of 
business given on page Ig is intended for 
use each month as a guide for the President 
in the conduct of the business, whether a spe- 
cial meeting is given for this purpore or not. 
By following a regular order promptness and 
businesslike methods are assured, which will 
add greatly to the interest and efficiency of 
the auxiliary. 

The programs and devotional studies will 
be given in the Voice, but it will be well for 
every member to be provided with a YEAR- 
BOOK, and the small amount necessary to pro- 
vide them will be money well spent. One 
copy is furnished to each auxiliary, but ad- 
ditional copies may be purchased from Mrs. 
B. W. Lipscomb, 810 Broadway, Nashville, 
Tenn. j 

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STEWARDSHIP 


Bible lesson: “Service—An Expression of 
Friendship.” 

Prayer: 

Our Father, as we stand on the threshold of a 
new year and a new day, open thou our eyes that we 
may have a broad outlook and a discerning vision. 
May we see and hear afar the needs of others—the 
human needs, like unto ours—for sympathy, for 
understanding, for opportunity for development of 
body, mind, and soul. Give to us the spirit of 
brotherhood, of loving service, that we may share 
largely and wisely the gifts thou hast intrusted to our 
stewardship. For thy Son’s sake we ask it. Amen, 


Hymns 417, 687. 

Topics: “Our Specials for 1920” (dem- 
onstration, see leaflet). 

“Money the Acid Test” (a book review— 
Voice). 

Prayer. 

Plans for the New Year. (President.) 

Distribution of pledge cards. 

Business meeting: 


Leader 


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“Tf I knew you and you knew me, 
If both of us could clearly see, 
And with an inner sight divine, 
The meaning of your heart and mine, 
I’m sure that we would differ less 
And clasp our hands in friendliness; 
Our thoughts would pleasantly agree 
If I knew you and you knew me.” 
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FRANCE AND BELGIUM 


“Lord, give us faith and strength the road to build, 
To see the promise of the day fulfilled 

When war shall be no more and strife shall cease 
Upon the highway of the Prince of Peace.” 


Bible lesson: ‘Fidelity—A Bond of Friend- 
Ship. si Laie (XI a REIL Lee 

Prayer: 

“As we go out among men to do our work, touch- 
ing the hands and lives of our fellows, make us, we 
pray thee, friends of all the world. Make us deter- 


mined to love even at the cost of our pride, that we 
may be soldiers of thy peace on earth.” Amen. 


Hymns 415, 420. 

Topics: “Our Missions in Europe” (Voice) ; 
‘“‘New-Found Friends in Europe’ (see leaflet). 

‘Prayer. 


Discussion: “The Standard of Excellence. 
Shall Our Auxiliary Be on the Roll of Honor 
This Year?” 


Business meeting: 

















SOCIAL SERVICE 
World Workers—Our Brothers 


Bible lesson: “New Friendships Formed.” 
(Acts x. I-23.) 


Prayer: 


We thank thee, our Father, for this glorious land 
of ours that has held out a welcoming hand to the 
oppressed of other nations. May no harsh word of 
ours, no failure to understand, no neglect on our 
part serve to dim the bright hopes or make heavier 
the burdens of those who have come to us. Give us: 
appreciative, grateful hearts for the enriching in- 
fluences that they bring. With true humility may 
we learn of them as together we press on to the 
heights of individual and national achievement. We 
ask it in his name. Amen. 


Hymns 355, 555- 
Topic: “Young People from Other Lands 
at Work.” (See leaflet.) 


Reading: “The Rush of the Hour.” (Voice.) 


Business meeting: 
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“This is the gospel of labor; ring it, ye bells of the 
kirk: 

The Lord of love came down from above to live 
with the men who work.” 


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The Father gave. 
Jesus Christ offered himself. 
What will you do? 


GOOD FRIDAY 


A Day of Prayer for Volunteers 


“The Cost of Discipleship.” (John xii. 
24,25; Laike xiy./26;'27.) 


Hymn: “O Love that wilt not let me go.” 
(No. 481 Hymnal.) 


Prayer: 


That fathers and mothers may realize the steward- 
ship of parenthood and not put hindrances in the 
lives of young people offering themselves for mis- 
sionary service at home and abroad. 


Topics: ‘Christian Workers Needed in the 
Centenary Program.” 


“The Educational Standard for Home and 
Foreign Workers.” 


Prayer: 


That the young people of our Church may answer 
the need for workers by offering themselves for 
service in the Orient, in Latin America, and in the 
homeland. 


Hymn: “Saviour, thy dying love.” (No. 349 
Hymnal.) 


Season of prayer by all present, that the Holy 
Spirit may breathe upon the Church and bring young 
people to a decision in regard to the investment of 
life; that pastors may realize their responsibility for 
the missionary cultivation of young people in the 
Church; that the leaders in missionary work may 
be instrumental in aiding young people to prepare 
themselves for missionary service. 


Meditation: Ephesians iii. 14-21. 


Hymn: “Consecration.” (No. 348 Hymnal, 


to be sung kneeling.) 
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A P R I L 


TRAINING FOR WORLD SERVICE 


Bible lesson: ‘‘Sacrificial Element of Friend- 
ship.” (John xv. 13; Rom. v. 7, 8.) 
Prayer: 


Teach us, our great Friend, the meaning of sacri- 
ficial service. We would “measure our life by loss, 
not gain”; by “the wheat planted in the furrows of 
the world’s needs,” not by the grain hoarded in the 
garner of our own selfish indulgence. May we serve 
and not count the cost, love and not withhold the 
gifts that love demands! Amen. 


Hymns 348, 349. 


Topics: “Enlistment and Training for a 
World Service.” (See leaflet.) 

“Scarritt Bible and Training School.” 
(Voice.) 


Discussion: “How May We Each One Be 
a Missionary ?” 


Prayer. 
Business meeting: 


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Note—Any society desiring to give a representa- 
tion of Scarritt Bible and Training School can 
order the demonstration, “The Spirit of Scarritt,” 
of Mrs. B. W. Lipscomb, 810 Broadway, Nashville. 
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NEW CHINA 


Bible lesson: “Obedience a Pledge of True 
Friendship.” (John xv. 12-14; 1 Sam. xv. 
223) 


Prayer: 


O Lord, breathe within our hearts the spirit of 
loving trust in thee. Then will our work be joy, a 
gift from our Father’s hand, and we can walk cheer- 
fully with the gladness of children down life’s great 
highway. Amen. 


Hymns 527, 352. 


Topics: “McTyeire School—Training Lead- 
ers for New China.” (See leaflet.) 


“Messages from Young Women of China.”’ 
(Voice.) 
“Current Events in China.’ 


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Prayer. 
Business meeting : 


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Open wide, ye gates of gold, 

To the dragon’s banner fold! 

Builders of the might wall, 

Bid your mighty barriers fall! 

So may the girdle of the sun 

Bind the East and West in one. 
—Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
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SOCIAL SERVICE 
World Workers—-Our Brothers 


Bible lesson: “The Good Samaritan—An 
Example of Friendship.” (Luke x. 30-37.) 





Prayer: 


“We would be true, for there are those who trust us; 
We would be pure, for there are those who care; 

We would be strong, for there is much to suffer; 
We would be brave, for there is much to dare. 

We would be friends to all, the foe, the friendless ; 
We would be giving and forget the gift; 

We would be humble, for we know our weakness; 
We would look up and laugh and love SENS 

men. 


Hymns 410, 552: “A Hymn of Christian 
Brotherhood.” (Voice.) 


Topic: “Proving Ourselves Friends to the 
Negro Worker.” (Leaflet.) 


Discussion. 
Prayer. 


Business meeting: 


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LATIN AMERICA 


Bible lesson: “Confidence an Essential Ele- 
ment of Friendship.” (John xv. 15-21.) 


Prayer: 


Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all 
desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, 
cleanse the thought of our hearts by the inspiration 
of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee 
and worthily magnify thy holy name; through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


Hymns 340, 411. 

Topics: “Events Cementing Friendship be- 
tween the Americas.” (Voice.) 

“The Message of Friendship in Latin Amer- 
ica? | (Leaflet, ) 

Prayer. 


Map talks on the work of the Woman’s 
Missionary Council in Brazil, Mexico, and 


Cuba. 


Business meeting: 


‘A thousand new hopes are born in a day 

As the Lord Christ moves in the great highway. 
And his voice rings out his vast design: 

‘Go forth to conquer. The world is mine.’’ 


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THE RURAL CHURCH 


O Spirit unconfined, 
Thy ways are free 
As is the wandering wind, 
And thou hast wooed thy children to restore 
Their fellowship with thee 
In peace of soul and simpleness of mind. 
—Van Dyke. 


Bible lesson: ““Frankness a Test of Friend- 
ship.” (Mark x. 17-22.) 


Prayer: 


' O thou great Searcher of hearts, lift upon us the 
light of thy countenance, search us and know our 
hearts, try us and know our thoughts, cleanse thou 
us from secret faults, and by the power of thy in- 
dwelling Spirit make our meditation to be accepta- ° 
ble in thy sight. Amen. 

Hymns 490, IgI. 

Topics: “Making the Country Church a 
Community Center.” (See leaflet.) 

“What the Rural Church Is Doing in Some 
Communities.” (Voice.) 


Discussion: “What May Our Church Do 
to Make Our Community Better?” 


Prayer. 

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SOCIAL SERVICE 
World Workers—-Our Brothers 


Bible lesson: “Dorcas Proving Herself a 
Friend.” (Acts ix. 36-41.) 


Prayer: 


Our Father, teach us the world meaning of the 
prayer of our Lord, that every child of thine is a 
brother of ours; and so may we think and pray and 
love and give in terms of world brotherhood, that 
thy kingdom may come, thy will be done in all the 
earth. Give to us and to our brothers this day our 
daily bread, and forgive us our sins of contracted 
vision and neglect of our brothers’ need even as we 
also forgive. Lead us not into temptation, but de- 
liver us from the evils of racial antagonism and 
prejudice, pride of class and of birth; and thine shall 
be the glory and praise for a redeemed world of 
brothers through the power of thy Spirit of love. 


Hymns 402, 407. 


Topic: “Young Women in the After-War 
Program of Work.” (See leaflet.) 


Short talks on “Women Who Have Opened 
New Doors to Womanhood.” (Voice.) 


Prayer. 
Business meeting: 


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AFRICA. MISSION STUDY 


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lieving in him for the world. —Phillips Brooks. 





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Bible lesson: “Companionship.” (1 John 1. 
1-7.) 
Prayer: 


Bring us, our Father, into fellowship with thee, 
that by the contagion of thy constant presence our 
spirits may be renewed from day to day. Sweeten 
and purify the springs of our lives, that they may 
be sources of inspiration and ennobling for those 
who walk beside us in life’s way. Through us may 
they come to know the beauty of companionship 
with thee. Amen. 


Hymns 471, 550. 


Topic: “A People in Need of Friendship.” 
(See leaflet. ) 


Mission study discussion: “The Benefits of 
Mission Study”; “Plans Best Suited to Our 
Auxiliary.” (Voice.) 


Prayer. 


Business meeting : 


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THE CITY CHURCH 


The church is the city’s home of brotherhood. 


Bible lesson: “Partnership—A Reward of 
Friendship.” (John xvi. 15; xvii. 22-24.) 


Prayer: 


Father, may our lives be dignified and ennobled 
by the sense of partnership with thee and with thy 
Son Jesus Christ; may we begin each day with the 
consciousness of thy companionship; may we realize 
that the perplexities that confront us also confront 
thee; that the sin and suffering that weigh upon our 
hearts are burdens too upon thy great heart; but 
make us to know too, our Father, that with thee all 
things are possible and that through thee and by 
the power of thy Spirit our work shall be done and 
thy name glorified. Amen. 


Hymns 136, 317. 

Topics: “Making the City Church a Com- 
munity Center.” (See leaflet.) 

“My Experience as a Deaconess.” (Voice.) 


Discussion: “Is My Church Meeting the 
Needs of Our Community ?” 


Prayer. 


Business meeting : 


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SOCIAL SERVICE 
World Workers—Our Brothers 


Bible lesson: “The Babe of Bethlehem the 
Greatest of All Friends.” (Isa. ix. 2-7.) 


Prayer: 


Our Father, give to us the spirit of the little 
child, the spirit that loves, that trusts, and is not 
afraid. Keep our hearts pure, that we may see God 
in the beauty of the flower, the bird, the stars, and 
in the eyes of little children; and, seeing him, may 
we grow daily into his likeness, revealing his love 
to men. For the sake of the Christ, the Babe of 
Bethlehem, we ask it. Amen. 


Hymns 672, 670. 

Lopic:.\- The Child's! New); Day.” | (See 
leaflet. ) 

Readings: “The Plea of the Immigrant 
Madonna” (Voice); “The Madonna of the 
Curb.” 

Discussion: “What Our Government Is 
Doing for Childhood.’ (Voice.) 

Prayer. 

Business meeting: 


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Hold Executive Committee meeting and send re- 
ports to Conference officers. Is your auxiliary on the 


Roll of Honor? 





THE MADONNA OF THE CURB 


BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY 


On the curb of a city pavement, 
By the ash and garbage cans, 
In the stench and rolling thunder 

Of motor trucks and vans, 
There sits my little lady 

With brave but troubled eyes, 
And in her arms a baby 

That cries and cries and cries. 


She cannot be more than seven; 
But years go fast in the slums, 
And hard on the pains of winter 
The pitiless summer comes. 
The wail of sickly children 
She knows; she understands 
The pangs of puny bodies, 
The clutch of small hot hands. 


In the deadly blaze of August, 
That turns men faint and mad, 

She quiets the peevish urchins 
By telling a dream she had— 

A heaven with marble counters 
And ice and a singing fan 

And a God in white, so friendly, 
Just like the drug store man. 


Her ragged dress is dearer 
Than the perfect robe of a queen. 
Poor little lass, who knows not 
The blessing of being clean! 
And when you are giving millions 
To Belgian, Pole, and Serb, 
Remember my pitiful lady— 
Madonna of the Curb! 
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ORDER OF BUSINESS 


. Devotional service. 

. Roll call. (At least once a quarter.) 
. Reading of minutes. 

. Items from the Bulletin. 

. Reports of officers: 


(a) Vice President. 

(b) Corresponding Secretary. 

(c) Treasurer. 

(d) Superintendent of Study and Pub- 
licity. 

(e) Superintendent of Social Service. 

(f) Superintendent of Supplies. 

Reports of committees. 

Unfinished business. 

New business. 


. Appointment of committees. 


10. Collection of offerings. 
11. Adjournment. 


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